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G; R. WIGHT. Writing Tablet.

No. 237,223. Patented Feb. 1,1881.

. N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRABMER. WASHINGTON, By C UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

GEORGE R. WIGHT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WRITING-TABLET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,223, dated February1, 1881.

Application filed December 16, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. WIGHT, of the city of New York, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Writing-Tablets, of which the following is aspecification.

My improvement consists in a writing-tablet composed of a stiffcontinuous back piece, a pad of writing-paper attached to the upper partof said back piece, and a pad of blottingpaper attached to the lowerpart of said back piece, the lower edge of the upper pad and the upperedge of the lowerpad being contiguous, and the two pads forming acontinuous and unbroken top surface, the stiff continuous back piecesecuring the blottingpad in such relation to the writing-pad that theblottingpad will form a rest for the hand in writing when the tablet isnot used upon a table or other rigid si'irface.

The accompanyingdrawing represents a perspective view of awriting-tablet embodying my invention.

A designates a number of sheets of writingpaper attached to each otherat some or all the edges by means of mueilage or other ad hesivesubstance applied to the edges only or to the edges and a strip of papersurrounding them, thereby forming a writing-pad, which is fastened orattached to the upper part of a stiff continuous back piece, B, ofbinders board or other suitable material.

0 designates a number of sheets of blottingpaper, also attached to eachother at some or all the edges by mucilage or other adhesive substanceapplied to them only, or to them and a surrounding strip of paper, thusformin g a blotting-pad. These sheets are arranged, as here shown, atthe bottom edge of the sheets of writing-paper, and are attached to thelower part of the back piece, B. They may be attached at the top edgesto the bottom edges of the writing-paper by the mucilage or otheradhesive substance, their top edges being always contiguous to thebottom 4 5 edges of the writing-paper. Of course a number of sheets ofblotting-paper considerably less than the number of sheets ofwriting-paper will be sufficient for the purpose of blotting the latter.As the blotting-paper is much thicker than the writing-paper, a numberof sheets of blotting-paper which, when put together, equal in thicknessa number of sheets of writing-paper will be just about sufficient forblotting the sheets of writing-paper.

Thus in a simple manner a writing-tablet having the proper relativenumber of sheets of writing-paper and small sheets of blottingpaper maybe produced. The sheets of blottin g-paper will also form a convenientrest for the hand of the writer, especially when the tablet is not usedupon a table or other rigid surface, and will always, if properly used,be of the same height or thickness. Its usefulness as a rest will alsoobviate the soiling of the writing-paper by contact of the hand,especially in warm weather, when the hand is moist with perspiration.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A writing-tablet composed of a stiff continuous back piece, a pad ofwriting-paper attached to the upper part of said back piece, and a padof blotting-paper attached to the lower part of said back piece, thelower edge of the upper pad and the upper edge of the lower pad beingcontiguous, and the two pads forming a continuous and unbroken topsurface, the stiff continuous back piece securing the blotting-pad insuch relation to the writing-pad that the blotting-pad will form a restfor the hand in Writing when the tablet is not used upon a table orother rigid surface, substantially as specified.

GEO. R. WIGHT. Witnesses:

SAML. D. ToMPKINs, SPENCER C. DOTY.

